נְדַב nᵉdab — be (or give) liberal(-ly)

pronounced ned-ab' · Strong's H5069 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Hithpa'al

Translated in the KJV as freewill, offer freely.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5068; be (or give) liberal(-ly).

nᵉdab in each stem

Hithpa'al 3×

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 2Perfect (qatal) 1

מִתְנַדַּ֣ב Ezra 7:13 Participle (active), masculine singular

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. (KJV)

הִתְנַדַּ֨בוּ֙ Ezra 7:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, (KJV)

מִֽתְנַדְּבִ֔ין Ezra 7:16 Participle (active), masculine plural

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: (KJV)

What the stems mean

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